Stroke-like presentation in a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-253

  Szabo, K ^a,b   Achtnichts, L ^a   Grips, E ^a   Binder, J ^a   Gerigk, L ^b   Hennerici, M ^a   Gass, A ^a  

^a Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 4644369332     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080109     Document Type: Article

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